There is no future in the production and sale of counterfeit electronic cigarettes.
In recent years, the electronic cigarette industry has sprung up in the domestic manufacturing industry and made great contributions to the country's export earnings. With the rise of the electronic cigarette industry, some enterprises or individuals have seen business opportunities and, under the condition of not having the ability to develop and create, have started illegal activities of making fake and fake sales. Not only has China's manufacturing been cast a shadow of "inferior products," but it has also caused enormous damage to innovative companies that invest heavily in research and development, and the entire industry is in jeopardy.
As early as in the Criminal Law, China stipulated the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks and the crime of counterfeiting patents, and in the "Trademark Law" stipulated punitive damages provisions for malicious infringement of the exclusive right to use registered trademarks. Malicious infringement of the exclusive right of others to register trademarks and infringement of patent rights of others shall not only be subject to corresponding criminal penalties, but will also be subject to punitive damages.
This year, Shenzhen Kekena Technology Co., Ltd. cooperated with Baoan District Industrial and Commercial Bureau to conduct anti-counterfeiting and anti-counterfeiting operations on the counterfeit factories in Tantou No. 2 Industrial Zone, Songgang Street, and seized nearly 2000 products of counterfeit Kirkner technology electronic cigarettes. More than 10,000 sets of semi-finished products and packaging materials. The seized fakes will be sealed and seized in the warehouse of the Trade and Industry Bureau on the afternoon of the operation. The fake factory Shenzhen Precision Hardware Co., Ltd. has been sealed up on the day of the action, and the relevant responsible person has been detained and inquired by the relevant departments.
These are just some of the cases, but it can be seen that whether it is the production or sale of counterfeit registered trademarks, the length of the sentence and the high fines reflect the increase in the protection of intellectual property rights in China's laws. Those who produce and sell electronic cigarette products with counterfeit patents and registered trademarks will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and impose higher fines!
On July 16, 2018, the Prime Minister mentioned in the meeting of the EU leaders in China that "China will increase its efforts to punish violations of intellectual property rights, and individuals or enterprises that maliciously infringe on intellectual property rights will be "punished to his bankruptcy."
On November 5, 2018, the chairman mentioned at the opening ceremony of the first China International Import Expo that “improving the quality of intellectual property review and review efficiency, introducing a punitive damages system and significantly increasing the cost of illegal activities”.
It can be seen from the speeches of the leaders of the two countries that the implementation of the punitive damages system for intellectual property rights has become an important means for China to increase its protection of intellectual property rights at this stage.
As an emerging industry, the electronic cigarette industry cannot be separated from product innovation and basic research, while innovation and research and development are inseparable from the protection of intellectual property rights. In order to maintain the healthy development of the entire electronic cigarette industry, protect the research and development achievements of innovative enterprises, and protect the international status created by China, we hereby remind those who are infringing on the intellectual property rights of others: please accept your hand as soon as possible, otherwise you will be your own Ignorance pays a heavy price!
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